Fleece Sleeved Blanket

Make a Fleece Sleeved Blanket
By Joey Robichaux
You’ve seen these around – they’re kind of a hot topic right now. They look like comfy toss blankets except they have sleeves! They’re called a lot of things – Slankets, Snuggies, Snuglets – but they’re pretty much a simple fleece blanket with sleeves added.  Blanket fleece throw.
Here’s why [...]

Quilt Block Patterns

Looking for great quilt block patterns?  You’re at the right place.
 
 
There are an endless array of quilt block patterns available.  Many
you can get for free.  Some are easy to assemble, while others
are quite intricate.  Just a few are mentioned here.
 
 
Basic Patchwork such as nine patch is often used by Amish quilters.
There is the star quilt [...]

Crazy Quilts

 Crazy Quilts
     Modern day Crazy quilts are quilts that are made by covering a foundation piece of fabric with odd shaped pieces of fabric, and usually include fabrics other than cotton, such as silk, velvet or wool. The fabrics include embellishments with intricate stitches and items such as buttons and silk flowers. The crazy quilt [...]

Art Quilts

 Art Quilting
     Definition of Art: The conscious production or arrangement of colors, form or other elements in a manner that effects the sense of beauty.
     Definition of Quilt: A coverlet made from two layers of fabric, with a layer of cotton  wool in between held together with ties or stitched designs.
     Put these two together [...]

The History and Tradition of Amish Quilt Making

 
 

When you think of Amish people, you think of horse-drawn buggies, plain clothes, barn raisings, farms and quilts. However, the Amish came rather late to the quilt making. Long after their neighbors were piecing quilts the Amish still used the old German feather beds and coverlets. There was a good reason for this. Amish communities [...]